Posted August 3, 2012 There's several way to protect your anonymity while hobbying. 1- Protection from SO / family / friends: - Simple and enough in 99% of the case, unless your gf is a sysadmin a- Internet: Use Chrome or Firefox on "private browsing" to visit the web. Do not save files, pictures & password or bookmark. Once you close your browser, there will be absolutely no trace on your computer about what you surfed. Nothing will be saved on YOUR hard drive. The site you visited will still have a trace of your visit through IP. This is safe enough for your SO / family / friend. None will serve your ISP to track your web history. b- Handle & password: create a new identity, don't be lazy! And the password should be unique...Do not use your hotmail password, it is estimated than over 20% of Microsoft logins services are "public" #justsaying. c- Twitter: turn off geo location… d- Phone: Pre-paid cell and public phone are your friends! e- Email: Set up a Tormail account or a low volume email provider. There's tons of them f- Skype is a big NO NO! It's now owned by Microsoft and the privacy is gone in a big way. 2- Protection for paranoid people VPN + Tor. If you don't know what it is, you probably don't need it. Now about LE intercepting communication. This is a long video, but worth it, lot of infos, statistics. Mostly about ISP, but also about Sprint, AT&T... The best 50mn you'll spend to learn about security. 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted August 3, 2012 c- Twitter: turn off geo location… So does this mean checking in on Foursquare with a status like "At the <hotel name> about to see Mary Jane Rottencrotch in room 123" is a bad move too? 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted August 5, 2012 IMO, if you have to worry about LE investigating you, then you shouldn't be hobbying. Nothing stays private if LE is properly motivated. 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted August 6, 2012 IMO, if you have to worry about LE investigating you, then you shouldn't be hobbying. Nothing stays private if LE is properly motivated. true and true 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted August 6, 2012 2- Protection for paranoid people VPN + Tor. If you don't know what it is, you probably don't need it. Amnesia linux distro FTW! 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted August 9, 2012 And don't leave behind any DNA. 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted August 16, 2012 And... I prefer keeping a box of "contractor" trash bags from Home Depot along with a roll of duct tape, 4 gallons of bleach in the trunk tucked into a cardboard box labeled "in case of emergency". Anyone seen the movie, Very Bad Things? http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0124198/ 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
